Cicero motorist gets 7 years in prison after fatal hit-and-run with bicyclist

September 30, 2009

CICERO — A Cicero man driving a van last year that struck a bicyclist, who died of her injuries six months later, was sentenced Tuesday to 7 years in prison.

James Hall, 50, pleaded guilty at the Cook County courthouse in Maywood to one count each of aggravated DUI and leaving the scene of an accident involving death or injury.

According to court records, Hall admitted he was driving a van in the 5200 block of Roosevelt Road about 8:30 p.m. July 23, 2008, and went through a red light, striking Wilma Bradford, 49, of Cicero, who was crossing Roosevelt on her bicycle. Hall fled because he did not have a driver's license, leaving Bradford lying in the street with head injuries and broken bones. Bradford lingered in a coma for six months and died in January.